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Palden Thondup Namgyal was born on 23 May, 1923 in Gangtok, Kingdom of Sikkim, is a Last Chogyal (king) of Sikkim, from 1963 to 1975. Discover Palden Thondup Namgyal's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 59 years old?

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Age 59 years old
Zodiac Sign Gemini
Born 23 May 1923
Birthday 23 May
Birthplace Gangtok, Kingdom of Sikkim
Date of death 1982
Died Place New York City, New York, U.S.
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His wife is Samyo Kushoe Sangideki (1950–1957) Hope Cooke (1963–1980)

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1923

Palden Thondup Namgyal (Sikkimese: ; Wylie: dpal-ldan don-grub rnam-rgyal; 23 May 1923 – 29 January 1982) was the 12th and last Chogyal (king) of the Kingdom of Sikkim.

Palden thondup Namgyal was born on 23 May 1923 at the Royal Palace, Park Ridge, Gangtok.

At six, he became a student at St. Joseph's Convent in Kalimpong, but had to terminate his studies due to attacks of malaria.

From age eight to eleven he studied under his uncle, Rimpoche Lhatsun, in order to be ordained a Buddhist monk; he was subsequently recognised as the reincarnated leader of both Phodong and Rumtek monasteries.

1941

He later continued his studies at St. Joseph's College in Darjeeling and finally graduated from Bishop Cotton School in Shimla, in 1941.

His plans to study science at Cambridge were dashed when his elder brother, the crown prince, a member of the Indian Air Force was killed in a plane crash in 1941.

He underwent training for Indian Civil Service at Dehradun I.C.S. Camp.

1949

Namgyal served as adviser for internal affairs for his father, Sir Tashi Namgyal, the 11th Chogyal, and led the negotiating team which established Sikkim's relationship to India after independence in 1949.

1950

He married Samyo Kushoe Sangideki in 1950, a daughter of an important Tibetan family of Lhasa, and together they had two sons and a daughter.

1957

Samyo Kushoe Sangideki died in 1957.

1963

In 1963, Namgyal married Hope Cooke, a 22-year-old American socialite from New York City; she was a graduate of Sarah Lawrence College in Yonkers in the state of New York.

The marriage brought worldwide media attention to Sikkim.

1965

Shortly after Namgyal's marriage, his father died and he was crowned the new Chogyal on an astrologically favourable date in 1965.

1971

He financed the documentary Sikkim (1971) by Indian filmmaker Satyajit Ray.

Namgyal shaped a "model Asian state" where the literacy rate and per capita income were twice as high as neighbours Nepal, Bhutan and India.

1975

In 1975, the Prime Minister of Sikkim appealed to the Indian Parliament for Sikkim to become a state of India.

In April of that year, the Indian Army took over the city of Gangtok and disarmed the Chogyal's palace guards.

Namgyal was deposed after a referendum on 14 April 1975 resulted in the abolition of the monarchy and Sikkim becoming a state of India.

Namgyal was placed under house arrest.

1976

In November 1976, Namgyal allegedly attempted suicide by consuming barbiturates and was airlifted to IPGMER and SSKM Hospital.

He was successfully treated by Professor Dr. Amal Kumar Bose, Head of the Department of Anesthesia and Respiratory Care Unit at the SSKM hospital.

1978

His first son, the former crown prince Tenzing Kunzang Jigme Namgyal, died in 1978 in a car accident.

1980

The couple, who had two children, divorced in 1980.

1982

Namgyal died of cancer at the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York City, United States on 29 January 1982.

He was 58 years old at the time of his death.

Upon his death, 31 members of the State Legislative Assembly offered khadas to the Chogyal as a mark of respect.

Namgyal was an amateur radio operator, call-sign AC3PT, and was a highly sought after contact on the airwaves.

The international callbook listed his address as: P.T. Namgyal, The Palace, Gangtok, Sikkim.

2013

His second son from his first marriage, Tobgyal Wangchuk Tenzing Namgyal, was named the 13th Chogyal, but the position no longer confers any official authority.

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